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                    [Title] => Poe pushes ‘Plain Writing’ bill to promote government efficiency
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“Write plainly for Juan dela Cruz.”

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The Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) was established in 1955 with the main purpose of providing hospitalization, medical care and treatment of Filipino soldiers who stood by the Americans during World War II.

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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture is putting in place measures to ensure that Philippine agricultural products, specifically meat exports, meet global standards.

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Reacting to a letter dated Oct. 9 of lawyer Christian Schmidt of the law firm Azulay, Horn & Seiden, LLC, Magsaysay said there was no reason for him to testify in the case of Bolante since all of the relevant information had already been made available to the concerned parties.
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"A portion of the proceeds from the rice loan will be used to augment existing funds intended to keep the Philippines free from bird flu or avian influenza. The additional money will boost our contingency and capacity building programs related to fighting bird flu," said Agriculture Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban.
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"It all boils down to good weather conditions, along with the fact that farmers are raring to plant more and expand the hectarage planted to rice. So far, harvest was good given a good headstart in the first quarter," said Agriculture Assistant Secretary and Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Director Romeo Recide.
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"It all boils down to good weather conditions, along with the fact that farmers are raring to plant more and expand the hectarage planted to rice. So far, harvest was good given a good headstart in the first quarter," said Agriculture Assistant Secretary and Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Director Romeo Recide.
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Panganiban said farm production in the first six months is being boosted by improved yields for major crops such as rice and corn. These two major staples account for 20 percent, respectively and five percent of total agricultural production.
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"Based on the projections of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, palay production in the first three quarters would be at historical highs on a per quarter basis," said Gregorio Tan Jr., administrator of the National Food Authority (NFA).
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Poe pushes ‘Plain Writing’ bill to promote government efficiency
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“Write plainly for Juan dela Cruz.”

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The Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) was established in 1955 with the main purpose of providing hospitalization, medical care and treatment of Filipino soldiers who stood by the Americans during World War II.

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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture is putting in place measures to ensure that Philippine agricultural products, specifically meat exports, meet global standards.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 374310 [Title] => RP seeks uninterrupted delivery of GM-free rice from US [Summary] => WASHINGTON — The Philippines will issue a tender in the next few weeks for the delivery in early 2007 of up to 60,000 metric tons of rice under Title 1of US Public Law 480 to ensure an uninterrupted delivery of the commodity following an uproar over the discovery of a genetically modified (GM) strain in US rice stocks.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 363632 [Title] => Magsaysay won’t testify in Bolante hearing [Summary] => Sen. Ramon Magsaysay Jr. rejected yesterday an invitation of the American lawyers of Jocelyn "Jocjoc" Bolante that he testify at the former agriculture undersecretary’s immigration hearing in the United States.

Reacting to a letter dated Oct. 9 of lawyer Christian Schmidt of the law firm Azulay, Horn & Seiden, LLC, Magsaysay said there was no reason for him to testify in the case of Bolante since all of the relevant information had already been made available to the concerned parties.
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"A portion of the proceeds from the rice loan will be used to augment existing funds intended to keep the Philippines free from bird flu or avian influenza. The additional money will boost our contingency and capacity building programs related to fighting bird flu," said Agriculture Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 345671 [Title] => Record palay harvest seen due to good weather [Summary] => Good weather raises the likelihood of palay production hitting 15.4 million metric tons (MT) this year, 300,000 MT more than the original projected full-year production of 15.1 million MT.

"It all boils down to good weather conditions, along with the fact that farmers are raring to plant more and expand the hectarage planted to rice. So far, harvest was good given a good headstart in the first quarter," said Agriculture Assistant Secretary and Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Director Romeo Recide.
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"It all boils down to good weather conditions, along with the fact that farmers are raring to plant more and expand the hectarage planted to rice. So far, harvest was good given a good headstart in the first quarter," said Agriculture Assistant Secretary and Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Director Romeo Recide.
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Panganiban said farm production in the first six months is being boosted by improved yields for major crops such as rice and corn. These two major staples account for 20 percent, respectively and five percent of total agricultural production.
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"Based on the projections of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, palay production in the first three quarters would be at historical highs on a per quarter basis," said Gregorio Tan Jr., administrator of the National Food Authority (NFA).
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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